The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Politicians around the country have been aiming to demolish progressive policies by targeting teaching about race and ethnicity, the LGBTQIA+ community and women’s reproductive rights. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Our goals were not far-fetched or new.

Civic Engagement 118

Civic Engagement Civics Education K-12 118

The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Though there are no hard numbers, educators acknowledge the total is miniscule.). Yet multiage advocates say the traditional approach of dividing students into single grades based on an arbitrary birthdate range is illogical.

Elementary School 67

Elementary School Psychology Tradition Professional Development 67

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Marissa Bellenger, one of Cassanello’s graduate students, was warned by a visiting professor teaching a lecture course on American history for which she is a teaching assistant. “He “If I were a lecturer, and I see what’s going on in Tallahassee,” he said, “I would say, ‘Maybe I don’t teach that concept.’”

Sociology 127

Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 127

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

The anti-CRT efforts to restrict how race is taught have clashed with initiatives in several states, including South Dakota, Oklahoma and New Mexico, to teach Native American history — which has often been left out of instruction — more accurately and fully. And so they just don’t, so there is no Native history being taught.”

American History 144

American History History K-12 Cultures 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2022

The first state history textbooks defended segregation. And at the end of the 20th century, groups like the Eagle Forum left a growing imprint on education policy in the state. “It It is a continuation or even a recreation of the 90s,” said Wayne Flynt, a retired Alabama history professor.

History 98

History K-12 Library Social Studies 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

At the state level, funds that were targeted for local education agencies are diverted to vouchers for individual children, a sharp loss in the funding that states historically have provided to school districts. Money is siphoned from traditional public schools and towards a diverse array of unregulated for-profit and private providers.

Charter School 111

Charter School Private School Tradition Public School 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Ariel Gilreath School choice Expanding school choice through private-school vouchers has been a key part of Trump’s education policy, but he had little success in getting his most ambitious efforts passed by Congress. One early accomplishment came via the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

K-12 128

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 128